Brin: The Transparent Society revisited, P.S.

[William T Goodall]

On 27 May 2008, at 05:07, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:

>  While those conservatives not
> only admit that the so-called "War on Drugs" does not seem to have
> worked or indeed done much good at all in reducing demand for and use
> of drugs, but also many of them believe that some of the powers given
> to law enforcement and the courts in the name of said "War on Drugs"
> go too far and have been shown in practice to have been used to
> harass, imprison and even kill under color of law the innocent*, they
> don't see how blanket legalization will reduce the number of people
> who will drive while impaired and then cause accidents or keep drugs
> out of the schools and away from their minor children any better than
> the current laws [fail to] do.

The perception I get from US popular culture is that drugs are *far  
more* accessible to minors in the US because they are illegal and  
unregulated. An alcohol seller can lose their essential license for  
selling to minors; a drug dealer has no license.

It is difficult to campaign against driving under the influence of  
drugs when taking them is already completely illegal anyway. The  
success of anti drink-drive campaigns is because drink is legal and  
driving under the influence is not.

"Don't take drugs under any circumstances and also don't take them and  
drive" Maru


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